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P. T. KEEGAN.

GATE.

No. 320,662. Patent une 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL T. KEEGAN, OF ALBANY, \VISCONSIN.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,662, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed December 16, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL T. KEEGAN, of Albany, in the county of Green and State of \Visconsin, have invented a new and Improved Gate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of gates of that class which are supported to slide on rollers journaled on a crane hinged to the gate-post in such man ner that the gate, While being capable of adjustment at varying heights on the crane, may be swung fully open both ways on the cranehinges, and so that the crane-rollers may be so disposed that the hands will not be caught and injured by said rollers inoperating the gate.

The invention consists in particular constructions and combinations of parts of the gate and its hinged crane-supportand rolleriittings, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of the gate shown closed and in its low position. Fig. 2 is an end View of the gate when closed. Fig. 3 shows the gate open andin its raised position; and Fig. 4. is an enlarged detail vertical sectional elevation taken on the line m m, Fig. 3.

The letter A indicates the gate, which, as shown, is built up of rails a a a a", connected and braced together by uprights b, and surmounted by a cap-rail, a.

B is the hinge-post, on which the pin portions 0 O of the gate-hinges are fastened, and D is the latch-post, to which the closed gate may be held in any suitable way-as, for instance, by a hook, (I, entering an eye held to the post D, as shown in Fig. 1.

I hang the gate to the post 0 by means of a crane'or gib, which consists of a strong bar, E, which ranges downward and forward diagonally from the upper hinge-pin O, and a bar,F, joined to bar E about at the center of the latter bar, and ranging backward and downward diagonally toward the lower hinge-pin O, and

50 to the ends of the bars E F, next the post B,

the eye portions G G of the gate-hinges are (No model.)

fastened so that they pass over the pins G O to complete the gate-hinge.

At the opposite ends of the crane-bar E are fixed suitable metallic plates, H, from which project the pins I, which have a square portion, z, just outside of the plate H, on which part 2' the inside metallic guide-bar, J, is hung, and outside of the part t the pins I are round to serve as axles to the upper roller, K, and lower roller, L, which are held on pins I by the outer guard bars or plates, M, placed on the axles outside the rollers, and having bosses m, through which pins N are passed to hold the rollers K L in place between or against the gate-rails, and as the bars J M overlap the opposite faces of the gate-rails they hold the gate to the crane, but allow the gate to be run freely back and forth on the rollers.

The guard-bar J, next the lower roller, L, is 1 extended above said roller for a distance equaling the width of one of the gate'rails, and has a flange, as at O, which overhangs the top of the rail.

To the crane-bar F, I fix the keeper I, I

which has a groove in its projecting portion about as wide as a gate-rail is thick, so that a a rail may run through the groove,and a lip or projection, 12, is provided, which stands outside of the outer face of the rail to prevent sidewise tipping or racking of the gate on the crane.

The operation of the gate is as follows: The gate is supported by the crane so that it may be slid on the rollers K L infront of the hinge-post B, and in line with the fence (not shown) for a sufficient distance-say about half the length of the gate-to permit persons to pass without swinging the gate and crane around bodily on the hinges, as will be understood from Fig. 2.

It is evident that the gate may be swung back open toward the crane side,whether the out sliding it back on the rollers. It will thus be seen that my improved gate may be swung fully open to either side, and that but a single hinge-post, B, is employed, thus pronioting economy of construction and convenience in operation.

It is obvious that the pins N may quickly be removed,s0 that the rollers K Linstead of supporting the gate between its rails a a and a (0* in its lowest position near the groundmay support the gate higher up from the ground to allow the gate to swing freely over deep snows and permit small animals or live stock to pass beneath the gate, the upper roller, K, then extending between the rails a a? and thelower roller, L, below the bottom rail a the flange 0 then 'serving its special purpose in preventing a rise or lift edgewise of the gate from the roller L, as will be nnderstood from Figs. 3 and 4.

In changing the gate from low to high posi tion, or vice versa, the crane is not unhinged from the gate-post B, but the gate is lifted bodily to the different positions on the rollers.

A special advantage in the construction of my gatelies in the disposal of the crane-rollers at the upper back and lower front corners or parts of the gate, due to the outward and downward slant of the roller supporting crane-bar E, which positions the rollers K L, so that the entire upper forward parts of the gate may be taken hold of anywhere, as naturally is done, for operating the gate without danger of injuring the hands by contact with the rollers, as will readily be understood.

Ishow the gate made with four rails, allowing its adjustment to two vertical positions; i

but any number of rails may be employed, as the desired height or style of the fence may require.

P, secured to bar F, and the eye portion G of 50 a gate-hinge on the ends of the said bars, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the gate A, post B, and craneE F, of the hinges O G, the rollers K L, supported by axles I and guard-bars J M, and the lower bar, J, having the flanges Ooverhanging the gate-rail, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination, with the gate A, post B, and crane E F, of the hinges C G, rollers K L, supported by axles I and guard-bar J M, and the keeper P, fixed to the crane-bar F, substantially as herein set forth.

4. The combination, with the gate A. post B, and crane E F, of the hinges O G, rollers K L, supported by axles I and guard-bars J M, the lower bar-,J, havingthe flange O, and the keeper P, fixed to the cranebar F, all constructed and operalin g substantially as herei n set forth.

PAUL T. KEEGAN.

\Vitnesses:

A. E. TRoW, J. B. PERRY. 

